Kindle Customer: I like Sarah Kay, but I just wasn't in love with this collection. To be fair to her, I have been indulging in a poetry binge today, and I might be over saturated. The poems are stunning.
United States on Dec 27, 2020
S. Hunt: I discovered Sarah Kay on YouTube. The passion with which she read her poems was amazing. There was so much energy you could almost feel it bursting forth from the screen. I just had to read this book after that. I thought on paper her poems might seem flat and lack that excitement and passion she had conveyed with ease on screen. Pleasingly that wasn't the case. This collection is vibrant, exciting, bursting with life and energy. I have read poetry books by many young poets, mostly women. On the whole they have been good with a few outstanding poems but I haven't been left feeling a sense of loss at the end or a sense of longing to read more, much more. This collection is different. There are poems about so many different subjects here all carefully constructed and eloquently written. These poems feel modern and fresh. They are most definitely poems for today's generation. Sarah creates poems that make you laugh out loud as well as poems that make you cry. Her words really do resonate on so many different levels. This collection was so much better than I was expecting. Every poem was worthy of its place in the book. There were no poems that felt lame or that didn't hold interest....
United Kingdom on Feb 04, 2018
Robert Joshua Granat: In the day and age of painfully boring Tumblr quotes and fortune-cookie platitudes, "No Matter The Wreckage" is like walking through a dim room and into sunlight. Sarah Kay throws a buoy out to those who are wading through various poetry books and anthologies trying to find something of substance and quality. This is not to place tiers onto writing, and more specifically poetry. I firmly hold that anyone should be given the access write what they want, as well as the ability to share their work.
My hardship stems from pop culture's recent fascination with briefly written and easy-to-digest poetry. This has churned out many best-selling authors with little skill in their craft, and nearly no sincerity in their voice when they do speak. Heavy themes and topics shouldn't be treated in a way that poses flimsy answers and pseudo-heroic solutions. Yet we often find ourselves with poets that settle for the paths of least resistance.
As an example: I did a few hours of mental gymnastics after reading "The Princess Saves Herself In This One", in an effort to understand how it was so widely adored. The words "The princess jumped from the tower & learned that she could fly all...
United States on Sep 22, 2017
Katharine Ransom: In high school, I had a few negative experiences interpreting poetry and cast the subject aside until I saw Sarah Kay’s TED Talk from March 2011. She recited a poem, called B, about her hopes and dreams for her future daughter, that instantly brought tears to my eyes. From then on, I was hooked and had to read the rest of the author’s poetry. No Matter the Wreckage is a collection of 61 poems, all beautifully written and poignant. The author discusses her summer vacations at beaches on Long Island, her trips to India to visit her mother’s family, her father’s career as a photographer, and her experiences growing up in New York City. Her poetry is beautiful because the reader feels as though they are in the moment the author is describing; the reader can feel the emotions written on the pages.
There are, also, poems describing female liberation; from gender stereotypes, from relationships that did not work, from ideas about how a woman is supposed to live. There is a sincerity and quiet feminism in the poems pertaining to the author’s encounters with men. She approaches the situations from a place of wonder and hope: this is most readily displayed in The Type. Overall,...
United States on Oct 20, 2016
KK & RC: After seeing Sarah's talks on TED I instantly knew i had to read and have her poems to keep on my library shelf. This book did not disappoint. Many of her poems centre around her experiences living in America and there are references to particular subway stations/streets etc but its so well written you could imagine being there. The two poems which stood out to me were B and The Type. I forwarded a snippet onto my friends who's text back was "love it, what the name of the book?" Which gives you a great indication that they will be purchasing Kay very soon!
A lovely book of poems to take your time with or like me when you find yourself with a cup of tea in one hand this book should be in the other.
United Kingdom on Apr 30, 2016
Arihant Verma: I had been waiting for it for almost a year. Pre orders weren't possible here in India on major online retails. Neither did they do an instant update on bringing it up when it was released. But man when I got on it! It was a beast on his feast.
I had been highly dejected when I had bought her 'B', not knowing that it contained just one poem that I had had already listened to in spoken word, and that too for almost 500 bucks(I gifted my mom, on the mother's day). I looked for signs like 'collection of stories' before making my mind to buy it and finally I did , and voila! I wasn't disappointed. I was famished, she writes so fresh, and so effortless is reading her(apart from the time of contemplation and making up the interpretations of poems/ lines that are mystic, obviously). 6/5 from me.
I'll tell you how much l liked it - I always sign a book I have bought, with the signature I long to put in my first book(whenever that will be), I didn't in this case, it was too beautiful to be spoiled.
Absolutely stunning and quintessential free verses, that literally runs through my veins, and will continue to till I get varicose veins. This book is also special , because she was the...
India on Jul 24, 2014
Jeffrey L: Sarah Kay is a spoken word poet, which means that her poetry is generally presented orally, as opposed to on paper.
There are a number of differences between spoken-word poetry and written poetry (that I've picked up on anyways). On a practical level, a poem that is spoken benefits from being presented with the tempo and emphasis that the poet had in mind. It also benefits from hand gestures and the like which enhance the experience. (If you have not seen Sarah Kay perform any of her poems, check her out on YouTube, she's a great performer). There is also a distinction which relates to the poems themselves. Because listeners of spoken-word poetry do not have the benefit of being able to sit and read and reread a poem, the poet is forced to make sure that their metaphors and imagery come through strongly and are not overly obscure.
I believe that this latter point is a reason that spoken-word poetry has become popular amongst many people are who are not real poetry fans. The poetry is (when done right) is thought provoking and inspired, while still being accessible. Most of us have had the experience of being forced to read poetry in school, laboring to find the...
United States on Apr 17, 2014
OshaenLynn Swartz: Sarah Kay is a wonderful teacher of words! My favourite thing about Sarah Kay's preformed poetry is how sincerely her emotions are portrayed through her body language and tone. Her new book, "No Matter the Wreckage" includes spoken word pieces, so it's just as easy to hear her reading the poem to me as it is for me to read it myself. Simultaneously, I have the opportunity to understand her imagery and figurative language through consideration of my own experiences. Some poems are more than just a literary art form due to the way that they're arranged on paper. Even the small images aid in understanding poems in new ways! Although the entire book is fabulous, I very much appreciated the notes following the words. They allowed me to understand the inspirations and motives behind Sarah's writing. Each poem is Sarah giving a piece of her history and emotions away to the reader, and inviting him/her to do the same.
Canada on Apr 17, 2014
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| Total Reviews | 14 reviews | 146 reviews | 146 reviews |
| Customer Reviews | 4.7/5 stars of 910 ratings | 4.7/5 stars of 6,151 ratings | 4.7/5 stars of 6,151 ratings |
| ISBN-10 | 1938912489 | 1771681926 | |
| Poetry by Women | Poetry by Women | ||
| ISBN-13 | 978-1938912481 | 978-1771681926 | |
| Best Sellers Rank | #22 in Asian American Poetry#350 in Love Poems#400 in Poetry by Women | #22 in Asian American Poetry#34 in Religious & Inspirational Poetry#42 in Poetry About Love | #3 in Asian American Poetry#58 in Inspirational & Religious Poetry #100 in Love Poems |
| Item Weight | 7.2 ounces | 5.1 ounces | |
| Asian American Poetry | Asian American Poetry | Asian American Poetry | Asian American Poetry |
| Publisher | Write Bloody Publishing; Illustrated edition | Central Avenue Publishing | Central Avenue Publishing; None edition |
| Paperback | 100 pages | 160 pages | |
| Love Poems | Love Poems | Love Poems | |
| Language | English | English | English |
| Dimensions | 5.5 x 0.5 x 8 inches | 5.25 x 0.5 x 8 inches |
Canada on May 24, 2023